1C1 3900
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 Midi E 3201 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1C1 3900 was a class of SNCF electric locomotive. The class had only one member, 1C1 3901. It was built in 1912 for the Chemins de fer du Midi and its Midi class was E 3200. It was one of six different prototype electric locomotives ordered by the Midi. It was withdrawn in 1959 and one motor from it is preserved.
Many lines of the Midi network being mountain lines, the company began an electrification programme in 1909. The system chosen was single phase alternating current at 12 kV and 16+2⁄3 Hz.
Six prototype locomotives were ordered for the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line. They were:[1]
- E 3001 from Thomson and General Electric
- E 3101 from AEG and Henschel
- E 3201 from Westinghouse, later SNCF 1C1 3900
- E 3301 from Brown-Boveri and SLM Winterthur
- E 3401 from Ateliers du Nord et de l'Est
- E 3501 from Schneider
Only the E 3201 really worked well. The company also ordered railcars E ABD 1 to 30, which later became Class Z 4900.